Irish life [by I. Butt].1840 |
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... look back upon those times , much as I may condemn , I yet feel little surprise at the course I then took . It was not to be wondered at , that I , who had always been kept under unusually severe control , should , at this my first ...
... look back upon those times , much as I may condemn , I yet feel little surprise at the course I then took . It was not to be wondered at , that I , who had always been kept under unusually severe control , should , at this my first ...
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... look upon you as his friend merely , or relative ; possibly the uncle , " I said hesitatingly , " of whom he has heard ? " The stranger seemed embarrassed , but quickly replied , " The friend , most assuredly ; further than that , I do ...
... look upon you as his friend merely , or relative ; possibly the uncle , " I said hesitatingly , " of whom he has heard ? " The stranger seemed embarrassed , but quickly replied , " The friend , most assuredly ; further than that , I do ...
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... look- ing , middle - aged woman — having , however , no pretension in her appearance to anything beyond the middle rank of life - upon whose arm leaned another female , of whose age I was at first only able to guess by her figure ...
... look- ing , middle - aged woman — having , however , no pretension in her appearance to anything beyond the middle rank of life - upon whose arm leaned another female , of whose age I was at first only able to guess by her figure ...
Page 39
... look so serious ; I see you are a little offended that your grand adventure has come to nothing . " " You may laugh , Gerald , if you please ; but , as to your joke of impostor and swindler , you are , believe me , quite mistaken . The ...
... look so serious ; I see you are a little offended that your grand adventure has come to nothing . " " You may laugh , Gerald , if you please ; but , as to your joke of impostor and swindler , you are , believe me , quite mistaken . The ...
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... look serious ; for the whole company joining in the laughter that attended Price's blundering , induced M'Cullagh to believe that the entire had been a planned affair to have a jest at his expense , and striking the table furiously with ...
... look serious ; for the whole company joining in the laughter that attended Price's blundering , induced M'Cullagh to believe that the entire had been a planned affair to have a jest at his expense , and striking the table furiously with ...
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Popular passages
Page 88 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 170 - Welcome to their roar ! Swift be their guidance, wheresoe'er it lead ! Though the strain'd mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam to sail Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.
Page 354 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast: ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Page 266 - Oh, sweet's the cup that circles then To those we've left behind us ! And when, in other climes, we meet Some isle or vale enchanting, Where all looks...
Page 280 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
Page 33 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Boast not my fall (he cry'd) insulting foe ! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.
Page 280 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers...
Page 174 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? No ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will freedom's altars flame.
Page 344 - The rich buffet well-coloured serpents grace, And gaping Tritons spew to wash your face. Is this a dinner? this a genial room? No, 'tis a temple, and a hecatomb.
Page 307 - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.